1. Philemon Bliss was an Ohio Congressman, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory, and a Missouri Supreme Court justice.
10 Facts About Philemon Bliss
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Philemon Bliss attended Fairfield Academy and Hamilton College, where he studied law.
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Philemon Bliss moved to Elyria, Ohio, where he studied law under his brother Albert.
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In 1840 Philemon Bliss passed the bar and began practicing law, first in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and later in Elyria, Ohio.
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Philemon Bliss served as presiding judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit of Ohio from 1848 through 1851.
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Philemon Bliss ran for congressional office as a republican and was elected to the United States House of Representatives.
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Philemon Bliss served in the 34th Congress as an Oppositionist and 35th Congress as a Republican, but did not run for re-election in 1858.
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Philemon Bliss served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1868 through 1872.
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Philemon Bliss is buried at the Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.
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The Philemon Bliss Scholarship was established at the University of Missouri School of Law in his honor.